can you make a vectorized logo in photoshop?

Question

i need to recreate a logo that can be scaled up or down without losing quality (that is a vector graphic right?) well i was wondering if you could create one in photoshop or do you need illustrator in order to accomplish this.

Answer 1

when your creating a new (file).... Just when setting the height/width... set the height long as you with & the width to a shorter pixel... Vector means RGB is just a color depth (8/16 bits channel.. same with Grey... Raster has more optional colors... same as RGB but Index 2/16/256 color palette..

Answer 2

^^^^^ way wrong answer...

Yes, what you're talking about is vector. Vector means the graphic is composed of points and lines (also termed "line art"), and the tangents involved with curves (it's all mathematically based, hence being able to scale without loss of quality), as opposed to pixels (raster graphic)

To accomplish this in Photoshop, use the pen tool to draw your paths. It's not necessarily the most efficient way if you are recreating a logo, since in Illustrator, you could Live Trace it and then just modify the paths accordingly, but it is your best bet. Make sure you save the PSD copy so that you can go back and modify with ease later on.

Answer 3

A few elements in Photoshop retains as Vector. Its Text and Shape objects. while designing, please make sure you draw all your objects using Shape and never rasterize a text. Whether you use a Pentool or a predefined drawing tool like rectangle, ellipse.. watever it may be... make sure you choose the 'shape layers' in the top options menu. This mode retains the vector property.

Now when it comes to colorizing it, please use Blending options to define a gradient overlay or color overlay or Emboss.

Last thing, save your file as a PSD and take it in the same format when you take it to the printer. Saving it as a JPG or TIFF will ignore your vector properties. Priting it directly from photoshop results in better quality.